Poverty: Children
Commons · Question 69836 · Tabled 22 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 2 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Kirsty Blackman
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill on levels of child poverty.
Answer
Answered by Alison McGovern, 2 Sep 2025
The Department has published an updated assessment of the poverty impacts of the benefit changes announced at Spring Statement with revisions to reflect the proposed changes since tabled, which includes changes to Universal Credit. This estimates that the...